Actually, if you are using it for verizons npulse(prepay), it doesn't matter what company the phone came from, as long as it is a model that verizon carries. I know this because I switched my girlfrienRAB hanRABet at least 20 times, and the phone is never a verizon phone. i.e. several u.s. cellular hanRABets, several sprintpcs hanRABets, a couple of cricket hanRABets. Now, for their actual minute plans, you cannot use any phone other than one that came from verizon.